Fund · iShares MSCI Germany ETF · measured from SEC filings
EWG holdings
EWG reports 57 holdings and behaves like 18.8 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-31Read this figure with the following in mind
3.0% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 18.5
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 7.3% at a quoted market price (level 1), 4 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-31EWG's largest investment is Siemens AG at 11.97% of net assets. SAP SE and Allianz SE follow; the three together are 29.94%. Ten companies are 62.46% of the fund; the other 47 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, EWG behaves like 18.8 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 2.3 times more concentrated than the median. Across 27 quarterly filings EWG has held roughly steady since 2019-11-30 (23.3 then, 18.8 now). Between the 2026-02-28 and 2026-05-31 filings 2 positions were added and 1 dropped; 6.1% of the weight moved.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-11-30 and 2026-05-31, EWG went from behaving like 23.3 equally weighted positions to 18.8 — 19% fewer, while its top ten went from 56.46% to 62.46% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 57 | 18.8 | 62.46% | 11.99% |
| 2026-02-28 | 56 | 19.5 | 61.51% | 10.65% |
| 2025-11-30 | 57 | 18.5 | 61.24% | 13.14% |
| 2025-08-31 | 56 | 17.4 | 61.97% | 14.63% |
| 2025-05-31 | 56 | 16.5 | 62.28% | 16.54% |
| 2025-02-28 | 58 | 15.9 | 61.31% | 17.15% |
| 2024-11-30 | 58 | 16.8 | 60.04% | 16.44% |
| 2024-08-31 | 59 | 18.6 | 58.46% | 14.98% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-30)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 58 | 20.2 | 57.46% | 13.03% |
| 2024-02-29 | 60 | 19.2 | 58.74% | 13.69% |
| 2023-11-30 | 61 | 21 | 56.96% | 12.48% |
| 2023-08-31 | 60 | 23 | 56.15% | 11.1% |
| 2023-05-31 | 61 | 22.6 | 56.71% | 10.74% |
| 2023-02-28 | 61 | 24 | 55.58% | 9.32% |
| 2022-11-30 | 63 | 24.1 | 55.32% | 9.7% |
| 2022-08-31 | 61 | 26.1 | 52.72% | 8.78% |
| 2022-05-31 | 63 | 25.8 | 53.3% | 8.46% |
| 2022-02-28 | 62 | 26.9 | 51.56% | 8.65% |
| 2021-11-30 | 63 | 26.4 | 52.72% | 9.2% |
| 2021-08-31 | 64 | 26.9 | 51.91% | 9.67% |
| 2021-05-31 | 64 | 26.8 | 52.67% | 8.98% |
| 2021-02-28 | 65 | 26.9 | 52.89% | 8.69% |
| 2020-11-30 | 66 | 26.9 | 52.1% | 9.17% |
| 2020-08-31 | 64 | 22.8 | 54.44% | 12.73% |
| 2020-05-31 | 61 | 24 | 53.76% | 11.16% |
| 2020-02-29 | 60 | 24 | 54.53% | 10.63% |
| 2019-11-30 | 64 | 23.3 | 56.46% | 10.55% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
As filed, collateral included
2.99% collateralEWG's filing lists 58 positions including 2.99% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 18.5 effective holdings with a top ten of 62.61%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 18.8 with a top ten of 62.46%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-31The 15 largest of 57 positions in EWG's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: EWG.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 11.99% | 12.0% |
| 2 | SAP SE | 9.51% | 21.5% |
| 3 | Allianz SE | 8.48% | 30.0% |
| 4 | Siemens Energy AG | 7.38% | 37.4% |
| 5 | Infineon Technologies AG | 6.23% | 43.6% |
| 6 | Deutsche Telekom AG | 6.22% | 49.8% |
| 7 | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 3.49% | 53.3% |
| 8 | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Muenchen | 3.45% | 56.7% |
| 9 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | 2.96% | 59.7% |
| 10 | Deutsche Post AG | 2.76% | 62.5% |
| 11 | Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 2.73% | 65.2% |
| 12 | BASF SE | 2.66% | 67.9% |
| 13 | E.ON SE | 2.40% | 70.2% |
| 14 | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | 2.21% | 72.5% |
| 15 | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | 2.10% | 74.6% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-31Share of EWG's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Germany | 99.27% |
| Netherlands° | 0.38% |
| Not stated in filing | 0.26% |
| United States | 0.09% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of EWG's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.21 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: EWG.json · all funds.
Who borrows EWG's shares
2026-05-31The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-05-31, $42m was out to 7 borrowers, 2.84% of net assets. The largest, BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP, held 50.5% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP | $21m | 50.5% |
| STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY | $10m | 24.4% |
| UBS AG | $6m | 14.1% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. | $4m | 9.5% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $486,397 | 1.2% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 2.99% of net assets, 105.3% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter EWG has filed, with each borrower: EWG.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-28 → 2026-05-3156 positions became 57: 2 added (0.3% of the fund at the later date), 1 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 6.1%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of EWG compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-28 | 2026-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infineon Technologies AG | 3.41% | 6.23% | Deutsche Telekom AG | 7.16% | 6.22% |
| Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 10.65% | 11.99% | Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft | 4.41% | 3.49% |
| Deutsche Boerse Aktiengesellschaft | 2.49% | 2.73% | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaf | 4.13% | 3.45% |
| Delivery Hero SE | 0.22% | 0.42% | SAP SE | 10.16% | 9.51% |
| BASF SE | 2.48% | 2.66% | Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA | 1.23% | 0.90% |
| COMMERZBANK Aktiengesellschaft. | 1.44% | 1.59% | Vonovia SE | 1.24% | 0.96% |
New: EURO (0.26%), DAX INDEX FUTURE JUN26 (0.01%). Gone: Eurex Deutschland (0.00%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 96.74% |
| short-term investment STIV | 3.00% |
| unknown unknown | 0.25% |
7.3% of EWG is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-05-31A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $1.47B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of EWG (18.8). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAA SMI 3Fourteen REAL Asset Allocation ETF | 183 | 18.4 | 60.33% | 2026-06-30 |
| KBWB Invesco KBW Bank ETF | 26 | 18.5 | 61.55% | 2026-05-31 |
| IYH iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF | 102 | 18.6 | 59.09% | 2026-07-31 |
| XLB State Street(R) Materials Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF | 29 | 18.7 | 58.41% | 2026-06-30 |
| NAIL Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X Shares | 48 | 18.7 * | 63.46% | 2026-07-31 |
| VONG Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund | 393 | 18.9 | 61.23% | 2026-05-31 |
| CQQQ Invesco China Technology ETF | 181 | 19 | 57.79% | 2026-07-31 |
| MLPI NEOS MLP & Energy Infrastructure High Income ETF | 26 | 19 | 61.94% | 2026-06-30 |
| LGH HCM Defender 500 Index ETF | 418 | 19 | 50.62% | 2026-06-30 |
| IDGT iShares U.S. Digital Infrastructure and Real Estate ETF | 27 | 19 | 60.12% | 2026-06-30 |
Essays that examine EWG
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